China

Canola/Rapeseed

Cold and saturated fields delay Canadian canola planting just as China returns

With fields too cold to seed and too wet to drive, Prairie farmers face a compressed May window — just as China resumes buying Canadian canola.

Coffee

China's coffee market booms but per-capita gap signals more growth ahead

The average Chinese consumer drank an estimated 22 cups of coffee in 2024. That figure compares with 405 cups in South Korea and 207 in Japan

Apple Juice Concentrate

China's Zhonglu sees domestic AJC sales jump 80% as US tariffs bite

The sales jump marks a turnaround for China's AJC makers, who have previously struggled to gain a foothold in the country’s domestic market

Tomatoes

China targets California’s ‘backyard’ with push into Americas tomato paste market

The world's largest exporter of tomato paste is aggressively courting buyers in the Caribbean, Central America and South America after losing ground in Europe

Rice

Rice prices hit six-year low as global glut prompts import curbs

US rough rice futures hit $10.72 per hundredweight as a major importer shields domestic farmers from glut

Seven-year slide leaves China wine market at fraction of former size

China imported 164,886 tonnes of wine in 2024, down 70% from 548,976 tonnes in 2017, trade data shows